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The way Facebook is going, and with how many people absolutely fail to understand what security settings it does provide, it'd be pretty easy to cull a list of
by lukev 17y ago
The way Facebook is going, and with how many people absolutely fail to understand what security settings it does provide, it'd be pretty easy to cull a list of all residences in the past 5 years, city of birth, mother's maiden name, favorite band, favorite pet, first boyfriend's name, and a decent photo.
- paulbaumgart 17y agoThat sounds like a case for educating people better about privacy settings and the threat of identity theft, not for getting the law involved. If people publish something online that they probably shouldn't, it's hard to protect them from themselves without a lot of unintended consequences.
- jrockway 17y agoYou should do it! Remember that Palin's Yahoo! mail account was hacked because someone figured out the answer to her security questions. Security questions are a dumb idea. Send me a fucking SecureID...
- paulbaumgart 17y agoWould the impact of such a list really outweigh the risk of aiding and abetting identity theft? There's probably way to accomplish the same effect without making the aggregated data public. Maybe sharing the results with some news outlet?
- jrockway 17y agoWikileaks?